Nesting #2

In the west people have just celebrated Easter and here we are about to celebrate New Year (one of a few really!) but it has actually felt a bit like Christmas. The wandering Australian came with a bag full of goodies both donated and purchased. Julie Picarello sent a huge box of fabulous things including blades, beads, texture pads, Kato liquid clay and love.  Rex Merten, a Sydney jeweller, donated all sorts of wonderful pliers and equipment for making findings and our favourite so far is the measuring device which we are sure has a special name. We love it anyway.Daniel and Natalia (Clay Yo) sent us so many packets of push push. For the uninitiated, push push is the Nepali word (!) for their fabulous texture sponges. When the ladies were being taught how to use sponges for texture, the action was often accompanied by the English push-push and this has now become a technical term as in Push Push dinuhos. Please pass me the push push.Genevieve Williamson sent us a Rolls Royce oven thermometer that means we can read the temperature of the oven from the outside and hear a bell to remind us to put things in NOW!  The lovely Karen at Clay Alley was the conduit for these adding them to our parcel of clay.Aniko from The Mandarin Duck sent enough sets of her Dottie cutters that each lady will be able to have one set each. So many things*. We are so very grateful to the ongoing generosity of the community that surrounds us. Things that seem small to others make such a different to us. And so powerfully it is the sense of love and support that comes with each gift.If the internet gods allow, we will have more this week about our French connection and our Dream machine....* This does of course mean that the wandering Australian travels with very little in the way of clothing. Oh dear...she will just have to buy another kurtha surwal.